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Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
Thomas A. Edison
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Thomas A. Edison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1847
Born: February 11
Died: 1931
Died: October 18
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I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.
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When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right.
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Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work.
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Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt.
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I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
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The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
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Radio is just a fashion contrivance that will soon die out. It is obvious that there never will be invented a proper receiver!
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Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.
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I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.
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It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it!
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I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.
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I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.
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